Scientific Committee

Tatjana Gric

Tatjana Gric

Gric’s research career has been focused on the investigation of waveguide devices (waveguide modulators, filters etc.), namely on proposing their electrodynamical analysis. Applied research includes the design of microwave frequency selective structures, waveguide modulators, filters. Fundamental research is primarily concerned with developing rigorous computational methods for the electrodynamical analysis of the waveguide structures. Another major goal of her studies is plasmonics as the examination of the interaction between electromagnetic field and free electrons in a metal. The optically-active nanostructures have been simulated and their fundamental photonic properties have been explored. Moreover, the broad scope of research carried out by Dr. Gric has included investigations into the new fascinating properties of novel materials. Dr. Gric is involved in development of unusual materials and structures that can manipulate the flow of light in ways that are useful in optical sensing, photovoltaics, solid state lighting, fiber optics and other applications. Dr. Gric also has a record of effective teaching in the rank of Associate Professor. She has been conducting independent research projects for the past eight years. Dr. Gric has published extensively in her field of investigation with more than 35 peer-reviewed papers in top journals in physics, electrodynamics, and optics. It is worth noting that her recent publication rate is getting even higher with her being the first author.

Alexander G. Ramm

Professor,
Kansas State University, USA

Alexander G. Ramm

Professor,
Kansas State University, USA

Alexander G Ramm was born in USSR and emigrated to USA in 1979. he is a US citizen, professor of mathematics at KSU, an author of more than 660 papers in mathematical and physical Journals, of 15 monographs, and an editor of 3 books. His scientific interests include differential and integral equations, operator theory, mathematical physics, especially scattering theory and inverse problems, numerical analysis, especially methods for solving ill-posed problems, various problems of applied mathematics and theoretical engineering. Professor A.G.Ramm was awarded many honors, including Fulbright Research Professorships in Israel and Ukraine, Mercator Professorship, NATO and DAAD professorships and grants, Khwarizmi international award, distinguished professorships in some countries and distinguished lectureships of London Mathematical Society and Hong Kong Mechanical society, and many other honors and awards. He gave invited plenary talks at many conferences throughout the world.

Nikos Pleros

Assistant Professor,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Nikos Pleros

Assistant Professor,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Nikos Pleros joined the faculty of the Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, in September 2007, where he is currently serving as an Assistant Professor. He obtained the Diploma and the PhD Degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 2000 and 2004, respectively. His research interests include optical interconnect technologies and architectures, photonic integrated circuit technologies, optical technologies for disaggregated data center architectures and high-performance computing, silicon photonics and plasmonics, optical signal processing, optical switching, as well as fiber-wireless technologies, network architectures and protocols for 5G mobile networks. He has more than 250 archival journal publications and conference presentations including several invited contributions. He has held positions of responsibility at several major conference committees including ECOC, OFC and SPIE Photonics West. Dr. Pleros has coordinated several FP7 and H2020 European projects including ICT-STREAMS, PlasmoFab, RAMPLAS, PLATON and 5G-PHOS, while he has participated as partner in more than 10 additional projects. He has received the 2003 IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Fellowship granted to 12 PhD candidates world-wide in the field of photonics, while he was proud to (co-) supervise three more Fellowship winners (Dr. D. Fitsios in 2014, Dr. C. Vagionas in 2016 and Dr. P. Maniotis in 2017) during their PhD. Dr. Pleros was also awarded the 15th prize in the Greek Mathematical Olympiad. He is a member of the IEEE Photonics Society andthe IEEECommunications Society.

Hongbao Xin

professor,
Jinan University, China

Hongbao Xin

professor,
Jinan University, China

Hongbao Xin is currently a professor in the Institute of Nanophotonics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Sun Yat-sen University in 2011, and a Ph.D. degree in Optical Engineering in 2016 , also from Sun Yat-sen University. After that, he continued his research at the University of California, Berkeley as a Visiting Scientist and worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National University of Singapore. His research focuses on bionanophotonics. He has extensive experience in optical trapping and manipulation using optical fiber tweezers, he also works on nanoplasmonic optical antennas for cellular exploration. Dr. Xin has published more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, including Nature Reviews Materials, Light: Science & Applications, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials, Laser Photonics Reviews, Small, etc. His doctoral dissertation was selected as the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation in Optics of China.” His doctoral dissertation was selected as the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation in Optics of China.”

Bekir Sami Yilbas

Professor,
ME Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, KSA.

Bekir Sami Yilbas

Professor,
ME Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, KSA.

Bekir Sami Yilbas obtained his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birmingham University in UK in 1982. He worked and affiliated with various universities and some of these include The University of Birmingham, Glasgow University, Erciyes University, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Korean Institute of Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and others. He is currently a Distinguished University Professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in Saudi Arabia. His research area covers laser machining and applications, surface sciences and engineering, thermal processing, and energy materials. He published over 800 papers in international journals and presented over 100 papers in conferences. He received many awards over the years due to his scientific achievements. Some of these include President of India’s Prize for 1988, the best researcher awards from KFUPM (1997, 2002, 2007), Silver Jubilee Medal for the outstanding achievements in Materials and Manufacturing 2005 by Silesian University of Technology, Poland, Doctor of Engineering Degree from Birmingham University (2005), Donald Julius Groen Prize for 2007 from by Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Manufacturing Industries Division, UK, Professor W. Johson International Gold Medal for 2008 by awarded by the Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies Steering Committee. Professor Fryderyk Staub Golden Owl Award by World Academy of Metals, and Almarai’s Distinguished Scholar Prize, awarded by King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. He contributed to teaching and training of many graduate students in Mechanical Engineering and related fields.

Santiago Royo

professor,
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Santiago Royo

professor,
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Santiago Royo, PhD, is currently professor at UPC and VP of Business Development of Beamagine S.L (2016, Barcelona), a company devoted to the development and commercialization of novel 3D electrooptic vision systems based on lidar imaging. He is co-founder of two more photonics-based spin-off companies: SnellOptics (2002, Terrassa, Spain), devoted to marketing quality plastic optical components; and ObsTechSpA (2012, Santiago, Chile) commercializing systems for internet-controlled telescopes. He holds 17 patents, 11of them licensed to four different companies, and over 50 refereed publications. He has been Director of the Center for Sensor, Instruments and System Development (CD6), a research and innovation center in Optical Engineeringin Greater Barcelona for the last 10 years, and has participated and led research projects involving different optical metrology techniques for the last 20 years. He is also member of the Board of Stakeholders of Photonics21, and co-secretary of the Spanish Platform for Photonics Fotónica21.

Mohammed Saad

Senior Scientist,
Thorlabs, USA

Mohammed Saad

Senior Scientist,
Thorlabs, USA

Mohammed Saad is one of the world experts in fluoride glass and fluoride fiber technologies and their derivatives. He has more than 30 years of experience in both university and industrial research fields. He has over 70 publications and 25 invited talks in international conferences. In 1986 he obtained his PhD in fluoride glasses and fibers, from Rennes University in France. In 2003 he founded Irphotonics in Montreal (Canada), a leader in fluoride glass fibers technology. In 2013, Irphotonics has been acquired by Thorlabs. And since then Dr. Saad is a senior scientist at Thorlabs, Inc. in NJ, USA. He is a senior member of SPIE and OSA. He is member of technical committee of many international conferences.

Ilya V Yaroslavsky

Manager of Advanced Product Development,
IPG Photonics, USA

Ilya V Yaroslavsky

Manager of Advanced Product Development,
IPG Photonics, USA

Ilya V Yaroslavsky received MSc degreesumma cum laude in Physics in 1990 and PhD degree in Laser Physics in 1994, both from Saratov State University (Saratov, Russia). From 1994 to 2000, he did his postdoctoral training in Heinrich Heine University (Düsseldorf, Germany), working on laser interstitial thermotherapy of brain tumors, and in Louisiana State University (Shreveport, LA), developing optical diffusion techniques for stroke diagnostics. He started his industrial carrier at Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. (Burlington, MA) in 2000 and in 2012 assumed position of the Vice President of Advanced Research of the company. In 2015, he joined IPG Medical Corporation (Marlborough, MA) as Manager for Advanced Product Development. His scientific interests include light-tissue interactions and use of lasers for biomedical applications. He has authored and co-authored more than 50 scientific papers and inventions.

Crina Cojocaru

Crina Cojocaru

Crina Cojocaru received her BSc and MSc in Physics from the University “Al. I. Cuza”, Romania, in 1996 and the PhD degree in Physics from the Polytechnic University of Catalunya, Barcelona in 2002. After two years as a Marie Curie post-doc researcher at LPN - CNRS in Paris, she joined the Physics Department at Polytechnic University of Catalunya, Barcelona, first as post-doc researcher in 2004, later as a lecturer in 2006 and since 2008 she is an associate professor. Her research covers different aspects of Photonics, focuses but is not limited to linear and nonlinear optics in a variety of materials, such as photonic crystals, metamaterials and random structures, ultrashort laser pulse characterization, laser beam shaping and control at micrometric scale using photonic crystals. These fields are reflected in more than sixty-five articles in peer reviewed journals, eighty international conferences with more than twenty-five invited talks. She is co-inventor in one European patent, and has authored two book chapters. She has participated in a large number of research projects (six of them as PI) and has supervised 5PhD thesis and more than 15 Master and Bachelor degree thesis. She is an active member of several steering committees of international scientific conferences and member of the Optical Society of America, European Physical Society, Royal Spanish Society of Physics and Catalan Society of Physics. At academic level, she teaches different courses on nonlinear optics, photonics and experimental physics for BSc and Master program students. She is currently the director of the Inter-University Master in Photonics “PhotonicsBCN” and of the Joint Master Erasmus Mundus “Europhotonics-POESII” (Spain, France and Germany).

Masakatsu Murakami

Professor,
Osaka University

Masakatsu Murakami

Professor,
Osaka University

Masakatsu Murakami is Professor of Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE), Osaka University. After he defended Doctor thesis in 1988, he worked for three years at Max-Planck-Institute for quantum-optics (MPQ) in Germany on laser-matter interaction and heavy ion fusion physics. After MPQ, he engaged himself in laser isotope separation for two years at Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) in Japan. Since 1993 he has worked at ILE, Osaka University.He now leads a theoretical group at ILE. The scope of current scientific interests concerns interactions with intense laser and matter, high temperature plasma, laser ion acceleration, hydrodynamic phenomena in astrophysics. Recently he has proposed a new concept“micro-bubble implosion” (Scientific Reports8, 7537(2018)) to generate ultrahigh field by using ultraintense ultrashort laser.The proton beams thus generated have high potential for a number of future applications such as cancer therapy, compact neutron sources, and fusion energy.

José Miguel López-Higuera

Professor,
University of Cantabria, CIBER-BBN and IDIVAL, Spain

José Miguel López-Higuera

Professor,
University of Cantabria, CIBER-BBN and IDIVAL, Spain

Professor López-Higuerais the founder and head of the Photonics Engineering Group of the University of Cantabria, CIBER-BBN of Institute of Health Carlos III and IDIVAL of Hospital Universitario Marqués de VAldecilla, Spain. He is a Member of a wide set of international Committees of Conferences, R&D Institutions, and Companies in the area of photonic sensing. His work is focused on optical sensor systems and instrumentations for any sector application. He has worked in a wide range of R&D&i projects, acting in more than 90 of them as manager and Principal Investigator. He has contributed with more than 700 research publications including 20 patents closely related to optical and fiber techniques for sensors and instrumentations. He has worked as an editor and co-author of four R&D international books, as a co-editor of several conference proceedings and Journals and he has been the director of 18 PhD theses. He is co-founder of three technology-based companies.

Prof. López-Higuera is a Fellow of OSA, Fellow of SPIE, Senior of IEEE and a Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Cantabria.

Dennis W. Prather

Professor,
University of Delaware, USA

Dennis W. Prather

Professor,
University of Delaware, USA

Dennis W. Prather received the B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, in 1989, 1993, and 1997, respectively. He is currently the College of Engineering Distinguished Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, where he established the Laboratory for RF and integrated-photonic systems. His research focuses on both the theoretical and experimental aspects of RF-photonic devices and their integration into various systems for imaging, communications and Radar. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a fellow of the Optical Society of America, Society of Photo-Instrumentation Engineers, and the National Academy of Inventors.

Qimin Yang

professor,
Harvey Mudd College, USA

Qimin Yang

professor,
Harvey Mudd College, USA

Qimin Yang is professor in Engineering Department in Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California USA. Harvey Mudd College is an undergraduate institution focused on science and engineering. Since 2002, Qimin Yang has been teaching in various courses in signals and systems, system controls, analog circuits and fiber optic communication systems. She is also the associate Clinic director in Engineering, where Clinic is a project-based capstone program critical for HMC engineering program. She received her bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in Zhejiang University in China in 1994, and Master’s degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1997. She completed her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2002, focusing on researches in optical communication and network areas. Her research interests include high capacity network architecture development for parallel computing and large scale communication systems.

Manish Kulkarni

CEO,
Diagnostic Solutions & Systems, USA

Manish Kulkarni

CEO,
Diagnostic Solutions & Systems, USA

"Manish is also the CEO of Diagnostic Solutions & Systems (DiagSoSys), whose mission is to accelerate innovation and product development while simultaneously, shrinking "the cost to market" for complex products. Manish has a strong experience in developing high performance biomedical imaging & sensing systems. Manish holds 10 issued and 5 pending US patents, and has published 2 book chapters & 35 articles.

Prior to starting DiagSoSys, Manish was working at KLA-Tencor, where he developed high yield mask-inspection-systems for semiconductor manufacturing. Manish also worked at Carl Zeiss Meditec, where he developed optical coherence tomography, a novel medical technology for sub-surface micron-resolution imaging.

Manish has a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, a MS in Physics from Michigan Tech and a BTech from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. "

Maxim S Pshenchnikov

Professor,
University of Groningen, Netherlands

Maxim S Pshenchnikov

Professor,
University of Groningen, Netherlands

Maxim S. Pshenchnikov obtained his PhD from Moscow State University in 1987. In 1992, he moved to the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, as a postdoctoral fellow, to join the staff in 1996, first at the department of chemistry, and since 2006 at the department of physics. In the early 90s, he began to design experiments and theoretical description of femtosecond spectroscopy on liquid state dynamics. He with co-workers was the first to report time-gated and heterodyne-detected photon echoes from solutions. The technical aspects of this work culminated in 1998 with the Guinness Book of World Records certificate awarded for “The shortest flashes of light produced and measured, lasted for 4.5 femtosecond”. Later, his research was focused on hydrogen-bond dynamics in liquids and at (bio)interfaces. He was amongst the first to report infrared photon echoes from liquid and nanoconfined water. He published 150+ papers in international journals and 6 chapters in books, which altogether received more than 4800 citations (h-index 37). He organized and co-chaired a number of international meetings in the fields of spectroscopy, organic electronics and excitonics. Since 2016, he is a visiting professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His current research interests cover a wide range of ultrafast phenomena in organic materials at nanoscopic lengths and ultrafast time scales, with the focus on exciton and charge dynamics in energy-related and bio-inspired materials.

Alexander A Oraevsky

CEO,
TomoWave Laboratories (Houston, Texas), USA

Alexander A Oraevsky

CEO,
TomoWave Laboratories (Houston, Texas), USA

Alexander received his doctorate in laser spectroscopy and laser biophysics from the USSR Academy of Sciences. He began his pioneering research in the field of optoacoustic imaging, sensing and monitoring in 1988. In 1992, as Whitaker Fellow, he joined the faculty at Rice University (Houston, Texas). Presently, with 25 years of experience managing academic research labs and small businesses he serves as CEO and Chief Technology Officer of TomoWave Laboratories (Houston, Texas). Dr. Oraevsky is the recipient of multiple research awards advancing biomedical applications of the optoacoustic imaging sensing and monitoring. Alexander is the primary inventor of 21 patents, has published eleven book chapters and over 200 highly cited scientific papersdescribing novel biomedical laser technologies for imaging, sensing and therapy (Number of citations ~11,500, h-index - 50, i10-index - 155). His research was funded by ~$20 Million in grants from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense and private foundations.

Dieter Bimberg

Professor,
Technical University Berlin, Germany and Bimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics of the CAS at CIOMP, Changchun, China

Dieter Bimberg

Professor,
Technical University Berlin, Germany and Bimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics of the CAS at CIOMP, Changchun, China

Dieter H. Bimberg received the Diploma in physics and the Ph.D. degree from Goethe University, Frankfurt, in 1968 and 1971, respectively. From 1972 to 1979 he held a Principal Scientist position at the Max Planck-Institute for Solid State Research in Grenoble/France and Stuttgart. In 1979 he was appointed as Professor of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Aachen.

Since 1981 he holds the Chair of Applied Solid State Physics at Technical University of Berlin. He was elected in 1990 Excecutive Director of the Solid State Physics Institute at TU Berlin, a position he hold until 2011. In 2004 he founded the Center of Nanophotonics at TU Berlin, which he directed until 2015. From 2006 -2011 he was the chairman of the board of the German Federal Government Centers of Excellence in Nanotechnologies.

His honors include the Russian State Prize in Science and Technology 2001, his election to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2004, to the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2011, to the American Academy of Engineering in 2014, to the American Academy of Inventors 2016, as Fellow of the American Physical Society and IEEE in 2004 and 2010, respectively, the Max-Born-Award and Medal 2006, awarded jointly by IoP and DPG, the William Streifer Award of the Photonics Society of IEEE in 2010, the UNESCO Nanoscience Award and Medal 2012 and the Heinrich-Welker-Award 2015. In 2015 he was bestowed the D.Sc.h.c. of the University of Lancaster, UK and in 2018 the Dr.h.c. from the Research University St.Petersburg of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2018 he received the Holonyak Award of the Optical Society of America. 2017-18 he served as Einstein Professor at CIOMP of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. .Since 2018 he is the director of the Bimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at CIOMP

He has authored more than 1500 papers, 36 patents, and 7 books resulting in more than 56,000 citations worldwide and a Hirsch factor of 106 (@ google scholar).

His research interests include the growth and physics of nanostructures and nanophotonic devices, ultrahigh speed and energy efficient photonic devices for information systems, single/entangled photon emitters for quantum cryptography and ultimate nanoflash memories based on quantum dots.

Aurel Ymeti

Aurel is CEO of Nanoalmyona BV, a hightech start-up specialized in research and technology development, project management and new business development in Hightech Systems and Materials, including Lab-on-a-Chip biosensing, optoelectronics, microscopy and nanomedicine.

He received a MSc in Theoretical Physics from the University of Tirana, Albania, in 1996, and a PhD in Applied Physics/Nanotechnology from the University of Twente, The Netherlands in 2004, working on the development of ultrasensitive multichannel integrated optical (bio-)sensing platforms. Subsequently, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the same University on development of portable devices for staging of HIV infection in point-of-care settings, later commercialized by Immunicon (J&J).

In 2008 Aurel co-founded Ostendum, a spin-off company of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology of the University of Twente, focusing on the commercialization of extremely sensitive and label-free optical analysis methods for rapid detection of micro-organisms and biomarkers based on the Lab-on-a-Chip Nanotechnology. As CTO at Ostendum, he was responsible for the research, technology development, product management and new business development.

In 2017 Aurel was appointed as Associate Professor at the Polytechnic University of Tirana, working on application of High Tech Systems and Materials in innovative product development.

Aurel has (co)authored about 40 publications in refereed journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings and books, is inventor of several patents and has presented more than 30 keynote/invited lectures in (inter)national conferences.

He was/is involved as a member of the SPIE, Optical Society of America, International AIDS Society, International Society for Analytical Cytology and Advisory Board Member of Lifeboat Foundation. Aurel has served as Program Committee Member of several International conferences, including SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing.

His work on photonic biosensors has been featured in many international publications, incl. MIT’s Technology Review, Nature, Le Monde and BBC Focus Magazine and in 2007 the reputablebusiness magazine FORBES has highlighted his work as one of the “13 Amazing New Nanotechnologies”. Aurel has received several awards including the prestigious European Lab-on-a-Chip Nanodevices Technology Innovation Leadership Award from FROST & SULLIVAN in 2013.

About Conference

It is with an immense pleasure and a great honor, we would like to welcome you all to the Global Congress & Expo on Advancements of Laser, Optics & Photonics to be held during March 25-27, 2019 at Valencia in Spain.

The conference is hosted by Linkin Science. These conferences are well crafted and designed by a team of skilled experts. Our conferences are vast expanded into Medical, life sciences, health care, Engineering and other social sciences. Each conference, summit or executive briefing is tailored to the sector, topic and audience need. Our event structure varies depending on issue and market requirements featuring Keynote presentations, Oral talks, Poster presentations, Young research forum, Exhibitions, roundtables and variable formats. Our mission is to bring the researchers on a common platform and provide opportunity for them to interact. This scientific networking helps for the betterment of science by exchanging the ideas in a broader way. Magnifying Scientific Knowledge by Sharing the research and ideas. We believe in accelerating the possibilities of novel discoveries and enhancement in scientific research, by connecting scientific community for knowledge sharing. Join us to redefine and explore new research, to provide a credible source to barter ideas for scientific studies besides transforming the true outcomes of a distinct scientific discovery and grab the attention for rare emerging technologies.

Importance and Scope:

Laser, Optics & Photonics are rapidly expanding by playing a prominent role in many fields. This Conference is a platform to Industry, Academia, Researchers, Innovators to come together to discuss the research activities, advancements, ideas and exhibit laser, optics & photonics products.

Laser, optics & photonics is rapidly gaining traction across a range of industries, from agriculture to water treatment to energy storage. Today, laser, optics & photonics is one of the most innovative, cutting-edge areas of scientific study and it continues to advance at staggering rates. Laser, optics & photonics have made some of the greatest advancements in pediatric optometry & skin laser resurfacing. Scientists in the laser, optics & photonics fields are focused on determining how future drifts in laser, optics & photonics. While laser, optics & photonics are their recent application & trends in it, the benefits are clear with it. Scientists and engineers are focused on applying laser, optics & photonics to resolve these issues. Laser, optics & photonics have been hailed as the next big thing for decades, but it is only now that it is truly becoming a reality in the medical device space.

Benefits of attending the conference:

Advancements of Laser, Optics & Photonics, 2019 offers a wonderful opportunity to meet and enhance new contacts in the field of Laser, Optics & Photonics, by providing mutual collaboration and break-out rooms with tea, Coffee, snacks and lunch for delegates between sessions with invaluable networking time for you. It allows delegates to have issues addressed on Laser, Optics & Photonics global experts who are up to date with the latest developments in this particular field and provide information on new advancements and other technologies. This International conference features world renowned keynote speakers, plenary speeches, young research forum, poster presentations, technical workshops and career guidance sessions.

Scientific Sessions

Optical physics is a study of atomics and molecules. It is the study of electromagnetic radiation, the interaction and the properties of that radiation, with matter, especially its manipulation and control. It differs from general optics and optical engineering, however among optical physics, applied optics, and optical engineering, the applications of applied optics and the devices of optical engineering are necessary for basic research in optical physics, and that research takes to the development of new devices and applications. Major study in optical physics is also keen to quantum optics and coherence. In optical physics, research is also stimulated in areas such as ultra-short electromagnetic fields, the nonlinear response of isolated atoms to intense, quantum properties of the electromagnetic field, and the atom-cavity interaction at high fields. Photosensitive imaging is a system to find in a non-assaulting way inside the body, equivalent what is finished with x-beam shafts.

There are many applications for laser, optics and photonics other than medicine. The other fields where the laser, optics and photonics are used are industries, defense, and scientific researchers. The development in this sector leads to the betterment of human life. This also affects the economic growth of the country. Some of the applications are ultrafast laser pumping, biophotonics research, annealing, LED laser lift-off, chemical detection and LIDAR.

The acronym of LASER is Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. According to physics light is an electromagnetic wave which has its own brightness and color. It vibrates at a certain angle, called polarization. The lasers can be used to focus very small diameters where the concentration of light energy becomes so great that you can cut, drill or turn with the beam. The lasers can illuminate and examine very tiny details with lasers, thus it is used in surgical appliances and CD players as well. Lasers are monochromatic, so it has only one light wavelength. It is a study that deals with generation of electromagnetic radiation, properties of that radiation. It is also deals with the interaction of that radiation with the matter. The researchers develop the light source that span the electromagnetic radiation from microwaves to X-rays. This includes the generation and detection of light and linear and nonlinear process. Some of the applications are low coherence interferometry, spectroscopy, and Laser spectroscopy. The application optical science creates advancements in medicine, manufacturing, communication and entertainment.

Optical communications networks are enhancing a vital role such as there is high demand for capacity links. DWDM which means dense wavelength division multiplexing is widely deployed at the core networks to deliver high capacity transport systems. Optical components such as, tunable filters, termination devices, optical amplifiers transceivers, and add-drop multiplexers are becoming more trustworthy and affordable. Access network and metropolitan area networks are increasingly built with optical technologies to overcome the electronic blockage at network edges. Subsystems and new components for very high speed optical networks offer a new design options. Free-space optical communication has been arranged in space, while terrestrial forms are naturally limited by weather, geography and the availability of light.

Photonic applications are in the range of near-infrared light and visible. Other emergent fields include opto-atomics, in which it integrates both photonic and atomic devices for applications such as precision timekeeping, metrology, navigation and Polari tonics, which vary from photonics in that the fundamental information carrier is a polarizing, which is a mixture of phonons and photons, and operates in the range of frequencies from 300 gigahertz to almost 10 terahertz. Lasers are a technology commonly used in our everyday lives. Lasers are in the optical drives in computers, in barcode readers in the grocery store, in aesthetic and dental treatments, in surgical procedures, manufacturing and more. While the science of light itself has not changed, laser technology has advanced rapidly and today we have a myriad of laser types that wouldn’t have been thought possible 60 years ago. Some of the latest advances include the all-silicon laser, a holmium doped laser on a silicon photonics platform and a flying micro laser.

A quantum sensor is a gadget that adventures quantum relationships, for example, quantum entrapment to accomplish affectability or the determination that is superior to can achieve utilizing just traditional frameworks. A quantum sensor can quantify the impact of the quantum condition of elective framework independent from anyone else. Quantum sensor is the term utilized as a part of different settings wherever caught quantum frameworks are intimidated to improve more touchy magnetometers or nuclear timekeepers. Quantum Photonics is to investigate the crucial highlights of quantum mechanics and furthermore the work towards future photonic quantum innovations by controlling, producing and estimating single photons and in addition the quantum frameworks that emanate photons. Quantum detectors include Photoelectric or Photovoltaic, Photodiodes, Phototransistors, Photomultipliers.

The laser has driven both scientific and technological innovation in every facet of modern life. The laser shows the sign of continuing its unique and creative role. The role of the laser is expanding. The main reason why the laser is so special because it allows us to harness light in unique way. Finding new uses for laser technology will provide the most dramatic breakthroughs. Some of the development will be far-reaching medical diagnosis, dramatically more efficient computers and communications, laser boost energy application and security and protection.

Significant investigation in optics material science is additionally quick to quantum optics and rationality. In optics material science, look into is additionally animated in territories, for example, ultra-short electromagnetic fields, the nonlinear reaction of disengaged iotas to an extreme, quantum properties of the electromagnetic field, and the molecule pit connection at high fields. Optomechanics refer to the sub-field of physics involving the study of the interaction of electromagnetic radiation (photons) with mechanical systems via radiation pressure (also see cavity optomechanics) or the manufacture and maintenance of optical parts and devices.

Optics passage and genuine infiltration can vary completely depending upon the absorptivity of the astrophysical atmosphere. Optics infiltration is a measure of the obliteration coefficient or absorptivity up to positive 'significance' of a star's beautifiers. The doubt here is that either the ending coefficient or the area number thickness is known. These can generally be figured from various conditions if a significant part of the information is pondered the substance makeup of the star. Optics profundity can henceforth be thought of as the imperiousness of a medium. The end coefficient can be discovered using the trade condition.

Bio photonics can also be described as the advance and examined, i.e. scattering material, on a microscopic or macroscopic scale application of optical techniques particularly imaging, to study of biological molecules, tissue and cells. One of the main benefits of using optical techniques which make up bio photonics is that they reserve the reliability of the biological cells being.

Optoelectronics is the field of technology that associates the physics of light with electricity. It incorporates the design, study and manufacture of hardware devices that convert electrical signals into photon signals and photons signals to electrical signals. Any device that operates as an electrical-to-optical or optical-to-electrical is considered an optoelectronic device. Optoelectronics is built up on the quantum mechanical effects of light on electronic materials, sometimes in the presence of electric fields, especially semiconductors. Optoelectronic technologies comprise of laser systems, remote sensing systems, fibre optic communications, optical information systems, and electric eyes medical diagnostic systems.

Nanoparticles and nanomaterial have different fundamental properties. The applications of laser radiation in the nanotechnology are ranging from fabrication, melting and evaporating. This process is done to change the shape, structure, size and size distribution. The progress in the field of nanotechnology is greatly relied on the uses of lasers. The combination of laser and nanotechnology in the field of cancer treatment has made a good progress over the year. There are many application of laser in the nanotechnology which will be discussed in detail in this section.

The clinical practice of optometry for the pediatric patients is done to reduce the risk of vision loss and facilitate normal visual development. This pediatric population can be applied to patients between birth and 18 years of age.

Laser technique directs short, concentrated pulsating beams of light at irregular skin, precisely removing skin layer by layer. This popular procedure is also called lasabrasion, laser peel, or laser vaporization. The two types of lasers most commonly used in laser resurfacing are carbon dioxide (CO2) and erbium. Each laser vaporizes skin cells damaged at the surface-level. This method has been used for years to treat different skin issues, including wrinkles, scars, warts, enlarged oil glands on the nose, and other conditions. The newest version of CO2 laser resurfacing (fractionated CO2) uses very short pulsed light energy (known as ultra-pulse) or continuous light beams that are delivered in a scanning pattern to remove thin layers of skin with minimal heat damage. One of the benefits of erbium laser resurfacing is minimal burning of surrounding tissue. This laser causes fewer side effects. such as swelling, bruising, and redness. So your recovery time should be faster than with CO2 laser resurfacing.

Nano photonics is the study of the behavior of light on the nano meter scale, and of the interaction of nano meter-scale objects with light. It is a branch of optics, electrical engineering, and nanotechnology. It often involves metallic components, which can transport and focus light by means of surface plasmon polaritons. Photonics is the physical science of light (photon) generation, detection, and manipulation through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and detection/sensing. Though covering all light's technical applications over the whole spectrum, most photonic applications are in the range of visible and near-infrared light.

Fiber lasers are basically different from other laser types; in a fiber laser the active medium that produces the laser beam is actually isolated within the fiber optic itself. This discriminates them from fiber-delivered lasers where the beam is merely transported from the laser resonator to the beam delivery optics. Fiber lasers are now widely known because of its most focusable or highest brightness of any laser type. The essentially scalable concept of fiber lasers has been used to scale multimode fiber lasers up to the output power greater than 50 kW and single mode fiber lasers capable of 10kW in power. Optical imaging is an imaging technique that usually describes the behavior of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light used in imaging. Since light is an electromagnetic wave, similar portents occur in X-rays, microwaves, radio waves. Fiber laser technology include Double-clad fibre, Power scaling, Mode locking, Drack solution fibre laser, Multiwavelength fibre laser.

Trials with laser beam showed that a finely focused beam from a carbon dioxide gas laser could cut through human tissue effortlessly and neatly. The surgeon could direct the beam from any angle by using a mirror attached on a movable metal arm. Lasers were considered as most effective in operating on parts that are easy to reach-areas on the body's exterior, including the ears, skin, mouth, eyes and nose. But in recent years doctors have established the remarkable progress in emerging laser techniques for use in internal exploration and surgery. For illustration lasers are gradually used to clean plaque from people's arteries.

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) or Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy is a surface sensitive technique which enhances Raman scattering by the molecules adsorbed on the rough metal surfaces or by the nanostructures such as plasmonic magnetic silica nanotubes and the enhancement factor can be as much as 1010 to 1011, which means the technique may detect single molecules. The electromagnetic theory recommends the excitation of localized surface Plasmon’s, and then the chemical theory recommends the formation of charge transfer complexes. Electromagnetic theory can put on even in those cases where the specimen is physically absorbed only to the surface. It has been shown lately that SERS enhancement can occur even when excited molecule is relatively far apart from the surface which swarms metallic nanoparticles enabling surface Plasmon phenomenon.

Nonlinear optics (NLO) is the branch of optics that describes the behavior of light in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the dielectric polarization P responds nonlinearly to the electric field E of the light. The nonlinearity is typically observed only at very high light intensities (values of atomic electric fields, typically 108 V/m) such as those provided by lasers. Above the Schwinger limit, the vacuum itself is expected to become nonlinear. In nonlinear optics, the superposition principle no longer holds.

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A laser differs from other sources of light in that it emits light coherently, spatially and temporally. Spatial coherence allows a laser to be focused to a tight spot, enabling applications such as laser cutting and lithography. Spatial coherence also allows a laser beam to stay narrow over great distances, enabling applications such as laser pointers.

Photonics is the physical science of light (photon) generation, detection, and manipulation through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and detection/sensing. Photonics is closely related to optics. Classical optics long preceded the discovery that light is quantized, when Albert Einstein famously explained the photoelectric effect in 1905. Optics tools include the refracting lens, the reflecting mirror, and various optical components and instruments developed throughout the 15th to 19th centuries.

Optics is the branch of physics which deals with the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light. Because light is an electromagnetic wave, other forms of electromagnetic radiation such as X-rays, microwaves, and radio waves exhibit similar properties. Optical science is relevant to and studied in many related disciplines including astronomy, various engineering fields, photography, and medicine (particularly ophthalmology and optometry).

The first section of the Fiber Optics Market Research report highlights industry overview, upstream and downstream market segmentation, and the cost analysis. The second and third section gives a close idea of the industry environment, Fiber Optics market by type along with segment overview, market forecast, and market size. Next two sections list the top manufacturers and companies involved in the Fiber Optics market and competitive scenarios of these market players. The sixth section includes Fiber Optics market demand, demand situation, demand comparison according to geographical regions, and demand forecast. Seventh and eighth section highlights region operation, by region and regional forecast, product margin, price/cost of the product, value chain, and sales channel. The last section of the Fiber Optics Market report displays research findings and conclusion. Market Research Explore recently published that, Global Fiber Optics Market Research Report 2018 - 2025 presents an in-depth assessment of the Fiber Optics that has sanctionative technologies, key trends, market drivers, challenges, standardization, restrictive landscape, preparation models, operator case studies, opportunities, future roadmap, worth chain, system player profiles and strategies. The report conjointly presents forecasts for Fiber Optics investments from 2018 till 2022. Tech Navio forecasts The Global Fiber Optic Sensor Market 2014-2018 with a CAGR of 10.3 percent for the period 2013-2018. Several driving factors and trends will contribute to this growth—all of which will be outlined in detail in this report.

Global Photonics Sensor Market is expected to garner $18 billion by 2021, registering a CAGR of 17.7% during the forecast period 2016-2021. The photonic sensors market has gone through a drastic change based on the researchers that have been conducted in the photonic technology in the past. The photonic technology has advanced into a phase where it is being used in varied fields. The innovations in the field of fibre optics have spurred the development of photonic sensors. These developments have expanded the spectral range of sensors being used in several industries. Photonic sensors offer better sensing function and it is expected that this technology would give a high return on investment in the long run. The photonics industry is now focusing on the development of efficient products and it is projected that over the next few years eco-friendly and energy saving photonic sensors would be developed and launched into the market. Need for enhanced safety and security solutions, the better alternative for conventional technology and rise in wireless sensing technology are some of the major factors that act as drivers for the photonic sensor market. Similarly, lack of industrial and technological standards, high initial investments and lack of awareness can be considered as restraints for the market.

The global market for medical laser systems will reach an estimated value of $2 billion in 2018, according to Medical Laser Systems Market (CO2 Laser, Excimer Laser, Ho:Yag Laser, Nd:Yag Laser, Dye Laser, Solid State Laser and Gas Laser, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Urology and Cardiovascular) – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012-2018, a new market report published by Transparency Market Research. The market’s value was $909 million in 2011 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5 percent from 2012 to 2018.

According to the new market research report "Silicon Photonics Market by Component (Optical Waveguides, Optical Modulators, Photo Detectors, WDM, Lasers), Product (Transceivers, Active Optical Cables, Multiplexers, and Attenuators), Application, and Geography-Global Forecast to 2022", this market is expected to be worth USD 1,078.9 Million by 2022, at a CAGR of 22.1% between 2016 and 2022. The major driver for the growth of the silicon photonics market is the increasing use of data communication applications. The silicon photonics market in APAC is expected to grow at the highest CAGR between 2016 and 2022. The reason for this growth is the adoption of new technologies, economic growth, and increasing use of cloud-based and networking services in the corporate world. The rapid increase in technological innovations and advanced communication systems are driving the demand for silicon photonics in China, Japan, India, and South Korea. Most of the developments in telecommunication and data communication applications are expected in this region. Therefore, the market in APAC is expected to grow rapidly during the forecast period. The key players in the ecosystem of the silicon photonics market profiled in this report are Cisco Systems, Inc. (U.S.), Intel Corporation (U.S.), IBM Corporation (U.S.), Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (U.S., Israel), Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Japan), STMicroelectronics N.V. (Switzerland), Infinera Corporation (U.S.), Finisar Corporation (U.S.), Luxtera Inc. (U.S.), DAS Photonics (Spain), and Aurrion Inc. (U.S.)

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